The 12th edition of the Sacrum Profanum Festival will run from September 14-20, 2014 in Kraków. The father of American minimalism – Philip Glass, avant-garde artist – Laurie Anderson, Sonic Youth guitarist – Lee Ranaldo, and Squarepusher will all perform on this year’s program. Also on the program is the Residency, consisting of three concerts…Continue Reading Sacrum Profanum
The International Chamber Music Festival “Music on the Heights” [Muzyka Na Szczytach] is a cyclical yearly event held in Zakopane since 2009. The “heights” included in the event’s name symbolize both the location of the Festival, as well as its superb artistic level. The organizers’ greatest concern is to popularize Polish music throughout the world…Continue Reading Muzyka Na Szczytach
The second annual International Copernicus Choral Festival “Per Musicam Ad Astra” will be held September 10-14 in Toruń, Bydgoszcz, Inowrocław and Lubicz. Choral ensembles from Holland, Poland, Slovenia, Sri Lanka and Hungary will be heard in a total of eleven concerts. The Toruń Symphony Orchestra and Astrolabium Choir will open the Festival on September…Continue Reading Per Musicam Ad Astra
Beginning on August 17, six consecutive Sundays will be devoted to chamber and organ music presented in the historical skansen of manor houses and churches around the Wygiełzowo-Lipowiec Natural Park. Artists from Poland, Belarus, Germany and Italy are featured in a number of performances, including a concert version of excerpts from Mozart’s Don Giovanni, vocal…Continue Reading Chamber And Organ Music In Silesia
The tenth edition of the ‘Chopin and His Europe’ Festival will be held in Warsaw from August 15-31, 2014, under the motto “From Chopin to Grieg and Panufnik.” Over the course of the 17 days of the Festival, masterpieces of nineteenth-century repertoire will resonate with those of twentieth-century composers. A highlight of this year’s Festival…Continue Reading Chopin And His Europe
The 4th annual Transatlantyk International Film and Music Festival will be held in Poznań from August 8-14, 2014. The Festival features outstanding films and music from all around the world, hundreds of screenings and numerous concerts, as well as legendary and young artists, representatives from all film and music professions. Transatlantyk is intended to be…Continue Reading Transatlantyk Festival
The fifteenth edition of the “Summer Philharmonic” concerts is scheduled in two installments this year. The first was held in Wigry—the picturesque lakeside resort in the northeast of Poland—from July 25 until August 2. The second, scheduled for August 8-10, will take place in Pieniny, the mountainside resort in southern Poland. The honorary guest of…Continue Reading ‘Letnia Filharmonia’ Festival
The 7th edition of the Letni Festiwal Nowego Miasta [New Town Summer Festival] is taking place around Warsaw from July 26 – August 10. Works by Polish composers such as A. Panufnik, M. Małecki, F. Chopin, S. Madelka, K. Szymanowski, K. Kurpiński, and Wł. Słowiński are featured. Performers include the Festival’s organizers, Warsaw Camerata and…Continue Reading Summer Festival In New Town Warsaw
This year’s Solidarity of Arts Festival will be held in Gdańsk from August 8-30, 2014. Although comprised of several events celebrating various artistic mediums, the main musical event of the Festival is always the “+” concert, which features one major international jazz superstar plus a lineup of their favorite musical colleagues. Considered Poland’s biggest jazz…Continue Reading Solidarity Of Arts
The 10th edition of the Warszawa Singera [Singers’ Warsaw] Festival of Jewish Culture is just around the corner. This annual celebration of music, theatre, film, literature and visual arts will be held from August 24 – September 1. The Yiddish culture will be back in cantors’ songs, klezmer sounds, outdoor concerts, Jewish paper-cutting workshops and…Continue Reading Warszawa Singera